No nay never no more. Dewalt reciprocating saw took care of that problem in about 10 minutes. One of the better $100 I've spent.

So as per my previous post, I started in my 4runner 3.4 liter header install. Kind of surprisingly, I got all the nuts and bolts off and everything was fairly smooth... until... the dreaded cross over pipe. I have read write ups that swear it can me maneuvered out. I can't possibly see how. Maybe with a manual tranny, but definitely not with an auto. I tried lowering and raising the tranny as much as it would go in both directions to see if I could get clearance... nada. Only way I can see now is to cut off the collector end. I THINK it will clear then. No way I can get to it with my angle grinder. I'm thinking sawzall. Anybody live close to Wadsworth and I-70 wanna come over with their sawzall and cut this thing for me? Beer, money, women... whatever you want... well okay, I can't supply any women, but the other two for sure. I'm gonna look into going and buying one (gonna be a long walk to the hardware store), but if anyone is up for helpin' a brutha out, I would be eternally grateful.

If you are itchin' to help though; I tried real quick to see how hard it is going to be to get the new headers in, and it might be pretty difficult. Gonna remove the starter, a fuel line, the splined steering shaft, and try to hold my mouth just right, and hope they slide in, but I'm not real confident about it. A second set of eyes, and ideas would be welcome. If ya wanna stop by, there are some cold ones in it for ya. Also, if I get them in, and you weld, I would rather pay a fellow Rising Sunner than a shop to weld on the flange to the cat. Should be a pretty simple job, as I have the cat off. Just some thoughts.

I think I have a handle on it. I did have to remove the studs... wanted to stay with them, but headers wouldn't go on with them in... I got them out tightening two nuts together on each one, then ratcheting them out. Had to walk about 3 miles in all to procure a good set of grade 8 bolts, so that kinda killed the day. They are both on, and now I am battling getting the crossover pipe to line up. Probably would have made it during the weekend, had I had all the right tools and hardware... which I do now. As for the welding, it's the least of my worries. I can get her up and running without it... and there is a shop around the corner. All I'm worried about now is getting everything lined up so I can tighten it down... then I'm home free. Guess it will be bike to work week. Only about 2 miles each way and I could use the exercise.

All that said, an extra set of hands would be welcome... cuz at this point I don't know exactly how I'm gonna get bolts through everything and get it all sucked together. Prolly gonna be a leaky bastard.